Audio samples now in Yahoo! Audio Search

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Audio samples now in Yahoo! Audio Search

by Chris Gilmer Aug 21st 2007

Yahoo has brought audio samples into the Yahoo! Audio Search. Adding to song titles, artist names, album titles, and lyrics, millions of samples are now available to play though an instant playback button beside search results.

Audio samples can be heard by selecting Audio from the 'more' dropdown at Yahoo!'s main site. Upon clicking the search results 'Play Sample' button, a 30 second clip loads in the same window and plays. Users can then choose to download, aka buy, the track from BuyMusic, iTunes or MusicMatch among other online stores.

Yahoo! appears to be a leader in adding audio samples in search results, something that is very helpful when searching out a particular song. Google users are linked out to other locations in order to listen to music. Ask provides some audio samples care of iLike in search results, and Live Search provides no mention of audio samples.

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